Marino Sato to once again race for Team Motopark

Today, Team Motopark announced their third driver for the
2019 Formula European Masters season – who will be teamed-up with the Red Bull
Juniors Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda: Japan’s Marino Sato is going to contest
his third season for the Oschersleben based squad. In 2018, the 19-year old
already made good progress.

Marino Sato is the
best example for the successful development of a professional racing driver in
the Formula European Masters. „I’m very happy to continue with Team Motopark
for this season. I would like to say thank you to the team members and everyone
involved. There was a lot of improvement last year and we know that this year
is going to be better. Now I can hardly wait for the upcoming first official
tests and the first race,” says the 19-year-old from Yokohama who was promoted
to Formula 3 from the Italian F4 Championship in 2017. The Japanese young
talent improved consistently, with a fourth place being his best result in that
season.

„I’m looking
forward to another season with Marino. He has improved a lot during 2018, and
he was really seriously quick,” admits Team Principal Timo Rumpfkeil. “And we
made another huge step in the winter tests. The Formula European Masters is
providing drivers with plenty of track time, plenty of races and arguable the
best car to develop as driver. A fact that is proven by the long list of
drivers who had successful careers in Formula1, WEC, DTM or elsewhere after
having learned their trade in these cars. I am sure that this quality, the
platform of the DTM events, the FIA license points and – last not least – the
incentives offered by the category for its successful drivers will be the
foundation for a successful championship for 2019 and beyond.”

During the DTM race
meetings, the young drivers will be provided nearly four hours of track time –
practice sessions, qualifying sessions and races. The DTM events guarantee professional
framework on the highest level, allowing for maximum exposure. At the end of
the day, the Formula European Masters again and again represents the stepping
stone to higher motor-racing categories: just recently, Ferdinand Habsburg made
it right to DTM where he will race for Aston Martin – and the 2017 champion,
Lando Norris, was the quickest in his first Formula One tests.

Timo Rumpfkeil is
going to run a fourth car for team Motopark, this year. The driver will be
announced before long.